On Tue, Jun 20, 2006 at 08:48:08PM -0500, Kevin Glynn wrote: > Package: developers-reference > Severity: normal > > Section 5.8.4 should make it clear that only the most recent section > of the changelog is significant for closing bugs. So, if one uploads > version -11, followed by -13 bugs closed in the -12 section will not > be picked up by daks and closed automatically. This is controllable to various options to the dpkg-dev tools, eg. dpkg-buildpackage -v, which presumably just passes it on to dpkg-parsechangelog.
> I suppose this is the scenario addressed by the line "To close any > remaining bugs that were fixed by your upload, email the .changes > file to [EMAIL PROTECTED], where XXX is your bug number.", > but I think this requires a bit more explanation. Of course using the changelog is commonly preferred, for conformity; this suggestion is just for the case that a previosly-reported problem turns out to have been fixed which wasn't known to be so at thet time of upload, especially for a package with many bugs, or for a new upstream release. Justin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
